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Health and body positivity post from Tabitha Hi everyone, so I mentioned in a post a few weeks ago that I'm working through some health issues. I wanted to share a little bit about that today. Please remember that this is my personal battle. I'm not looking for sympathy or pity. I'm not looking for criticism either. Being overweight and unhealthy sucks, but I've learned to accept my condition and I am taking action to improve my health.  I want to share more about my condition so that you can understand what's happening and why I am sensitive when it comes to people wondering about us having kids. I feel comfortable sharing this much with you all. I've been overweight for a while. I had a problem with portion control, sugar addiction, and emotional eating. Since my weight gain was steady, for a long time, I didn't really notice it. Before I knew it, I was way over what my weight should be. I was constantly tired and cranky. Other health problems started ...

February 21st 2016 My future path? This week I have been thinking about what I want to do… With so many things and so much drama on a daily basis you can't help but to ask yourself “Is this for me?” And my answer at this time is unknown! I love what I do but physically how long will I be able to keep going with minimal pain, mentally are you willing to drop your standards to make everyone happy and eat your pride? Is the money worth it? Though the pay is great for now but in the end I feel it is going to cost me more than I can make especially with health issues getting worse and I believe what I do as a mechanic isn't helping with the amount of bad chemicals I am around on a daily basis to the exhaust, to the extreme exposure to the cold weather with playing on frozen metals and the high stress that comes with being a mechanic, I have been a mechanic since 2012 and no longer feel 100% that this is what I'm supposed to do! I have a doctors appointment on March 3 and they ...

The following is a public service announcement from Tabitha: I'm not trying to be rude, but I feel the need to say something. I know that people mean well and that they are eager for us to expand our family. Nevertheless, I'm irritated that whenever I post anything about kids, people tend to think that it's an announcement. Nope, I'm just posting something that I thought was cute or interesting. It's come down to me having put a disclaimer on every child-related thing I post. Allow me to let you in on a secret: when I'm really pregnant, I won't announce it by posting some random picture or article. What I post will include both Brandon and I with something baby-related and a caption that's extremely obvious about what's happening :-) Of course, family members and close friends  will get a phone call or visit where we tell them the exciting news. We love you too much to tell you by some random Facebook post. Just in case anyone is curious, I am c...